Performance of the Year 2008: Vitali's Return

[Chunk..]

Hatton's demolition of Paulie Malignaggi was a performance to put him back in the spotlight and prove he isn't finished.

Performance of the year for me.

[The Hammer]

Hatton's demolition of Paulie Malignaggi was a performance to put him back in the spotlight and prove he isn't finished.

Performance of the year for me.

That was a good performance too.

[Naps]

Vitali has NEVER beaten a live opponent. Why should he get credit? What has he accomplished?

[Njord777]

I don't believe Vitali can win performance of the year. Maybe in a year with a few less solid battles, sure. What adds to Klitschko's laurels is the fact that he more or less dominated Samuel Peter, a solid heavyweight, when there were questions about the length of his lay-off impacting him permanently. I think this is the type of victory that is going to be diminished or enhanced quite a bit based on Peter's next fight. If he picks up a solid win- Vitali looks quite a bit better in the build up to his Haye fight. If Peter was to get smoked, or look poor against a lesser opponent, that takes a huge amount of steam off of Klitschko's win.

[T-97]

Hatton's demolition of Paulie Malignaggi was a performance to put him back in the spotlight and prove he isn't finished.

Performance of the year for me.

It was a good performance, but I don't think it's anywhere near performance of the year.

Hatton was the favourite to win, Paulie didn't have a punchers chance, and looked aweful in recent performaces. Hatton looked good no doubt, but I would say it's a far way off VK-Peter, Pac-DLH and Hopkins-Pavlik.

[Bea5T]

lmao this thread is a ****ing joke

[Chunk..]

It was a good performance, but I don't think it's anywhere near performance of the year.

Hatton was the favourite to win, Paulie didn't have a punchers chance, and looked aweful in recent performaces. Hatton looked good no doubt, but I would say it's a far way off VK-Peter, Pac-DLH and Hopkins-Pavlik.

Hatton wasn't backed that heavily in that fight, a lot of people thought he was finished.

He battered him.

Am pretty sure Pavlik wasn't favorite against Hopkins, but that doesn't take anything away from Hopkins's win.

[adrsan84]

For me the performance of the year was, and I hate to say it, the beatdown that Darchinyan put on Mijares. Who the hell saw that coming, only the armenian fans thought he even had a shot, and you have to take those predictions for what they are, more like favoritism.

[T-97]

Hatton wasn't backed that heavily in that fight, a lot of people thought he was finished.

He battered him.

Am pretty sure Pavlik wasn't favorite against Hopkins, but that doesn't take anything away from Hopkins's win.

Hopkins opened as a 3-1 underdog, I think. I am 100% sure that he was an underdog though.

[The Hammer]

For me the performance of the year was, and I hate to say it, the beatdown that Darchinyan put on Mijares. Who the hell saw that coming, only the armenian fans thought he even had a shot, and you have to take those predictions for what they are, more like favoritism.

Yes, that surprised almost everyone.